Model, Assess, Repeat! A Rubric for Assessing Student Understanding of Models in Grades 3-5

Autor/inn/en	Boughey, Sarah; Henriques, Laura
Titel	Model, Assess, Repeat! A Rubric for Assessing Student Understanding of Models in Grades 3-5
Quelle	In: Science and Children, 57 (2020) 7, S.34-39 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8148
Schlagwörter	Grade 5; Elementary School Students; Models; Food; Units of Study; Concept Formation; Scoring Rubrics; Student Evaluation; Visual Aids; Science Instruction; Teaching Methods; Grading; Standards; Educational Technology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Analogiemodell; Lebensmittel; Lerneinheit; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Scoring formulas; Auswertungsbogen; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Anschauungsmaterial; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Notengebung; Standard; Unterrichtsmedien
Abstract	When teachers first wrap their heads around scientific modeling, it can be a bit tricky to distinguish scientific models from diagrams and three-dimensional models. If a fifth grader draws and labels a food web, it's a model. Right? Not necessarily. When creating a model, students should be representing a system inspired by an inquiry or phenomenon. Because models represent "their" current understanding, students' models will differ from each other. Additionally, the models will change throughout the unit of study as student conceptual understanding matures. This article describes how one teacher created a three-dimensional rubric to assess students' digital models--a way to assess students' conceptual understanding and their progress on the components of modeling, as well as connection to the crosscutting concepts. The article describes a digital modeling activity that students completed and then explores ways to use the rubric to assess their understanding. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01